Counseling And Psychotherapy: Theories And Interventions

by David Capuzzi (Editor), Douglas R. Gross (Editor)

Edited by two prominent counseling professionals, the fourth edition of this popular book examines theories of counseling and psychotherapy through the eyes of 20 experts in the field. Timely information and professional perspective makes each chapter relevant, as an expert discusses the theory and its application in the clinical setting. A consistent case study seamlessly ties together each chapter, reinforcing how theories help organize data and provide guidelines for helping professionals. This edition features a new chapter on diversity, a new chapter on transpersonal theory and social justice, more on feminist theory, and more on integrative approaches to counseling and psychotherapy.

Genres: Counselling, Psychology, Textbooks

487 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Hayley Combs]

A great book about the different theories of counseling and the applications of each theory. I enjoyed this book a lot for my first quarter of grad school!

[Elizabeth Lujano]

Needs more interventions for brief solution focused therapy. But other than that, it was informative.

[Chris Tower]

Excellent book! I am in grad school again.

[Emily]

I haven't read any other psychotherapy textbook so I don't have much to compare it to.

The content of this book is solid and so is the organization. The use of a single case study approached from all of the perspectives was helpful to understand specifically where different schools of thought differ in conceptualization and treatment of a problem. The cross cultural considerations and limitations of each theory was especially useful and good to have. My main problem was that there were few visual breakdowns and charts to better visualize where each school of thought diverges in understanding of etiology and treatment methodology. Ideally, an introductory textbook would have better formatting and visual aids. Ultimately, this textbook has helped me to have a firm grasp on the various approaches to psychotherapy and I appreciate that.

[Sanaa]

The 5th edition :
Smooth read. Broken down chapters by brief history of theory, background info., related research, major construct details, application overview, goals of theory, the process of change, traditional intervention strategies, brief intervention strategies, cross cultural considerations, limitations, a summary chart and even a case study !

As you can see, very thorough!

[Karlie]

I am actually using the 4th ed.